I HATE GOODBYES

In memory of Ruqayya

I hate goodbyes, for long goodbyes
Are painful and they hurt
They take away from one
A pint of his blood or pound of his flesh
For it takes a part of ones being away

I hate goodbyes they make me weak and meek
They detach me from someone so dear
And turn the other’s existence into memory
In the hard disk of our busy brains

A goodbye may be for a while
But even if it is ephemeral
I hate short goodbyes, they too
Hurt and are painful

But a long goodbye is too hard
To bear but a must to endure
Yet sometimes in life we must say
A long goodbye sometimes too soon

The longest goodbyes are inevitable
Each one of the mortals gets
A long goodbye and gives one!
At a time appointed to get and give it.

Kano
September 19, 2006